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A People's History of Clothing

par Sofi Thanhauser ...

**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet.“We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they would offer us rich, interesting and often surprising insights into human history...a deep and ... En savoir plus

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**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet.“We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they would offer us rich, interesting and often surprising insights into human history...a deep and
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穿過了：從人類服裝史發掘全球製衣體系背後的祕辛

Worn: A People’s History of Clothing

par 索菲．譚豪瑟, Sofi Thanhauser ...

Traduit par 林士棻 ...

服裝改變我們對世界的看法，也改變世界看待我們的方式。～吳爾芙《紐約客》雜誌年度最佳書籍《魅力》雜誌二○二二年第一季年度好書《哈潑時尚》雜誌二○二二最佳年度新書本書不僅是一部人類服裝的社會史、深刻動人的報導文學，更將澈底改變你對衣服的看法！譚豪瑟以非凡的學術造詣及簡潔精煉的筆調，將服裝的歷史串連起來，讓讀者瞭解人類服裝的故事就是一部死亡、疾病、剝削及破壞土地的歷史……（以及）我們如何選擇所要譴責的危害。在這部視野寬廣的社會史中，譚豪瑟以精彩的筆觸講述五種紡織原料——亞麻、棉花、絲綢、合成纖維和羊毛——的故事，闡述人類服裝的發展及起源，以意想不到的方式，啟發了我們對世界的認知。本書不僅揭開時尚產業的黑幕，更加入氣候議題、深入探討近代歷史，並帶領讀者快速認識紡織業的勞權課題，集所有熱門議題於一身。她帶領讀者穿古跨今，從法王路易十四的華麗宮廷一路來到當代中國強佔下的新疆勞改營 ... En savoir plus

$19.99 CAD

服裝改變我們對世界的看法，也改變世界看待我們的方式。～吳爾芙《紐約客》雜誌年度最佳書籍《魅力》雜誌二○二二年第一季年度好書《哈潑時尚》雜誌二○二二最佳年度新書本書不僅是一部人類服裝的社會史、深刻動人的報導文學，更將澈底改變你對衣服的看法！譚豪瑟以非凡的學術造詣及簡潔精煉的筆調，將服裝的歷史串連起來，讓讀者瞭解人類服裝的故事就是一部死亡、疾病、剝削及破壞土地的歷史……（以及）我們如何選擇所要譴責的危害。在這部視野寬廣的社會史中，譚豪瑟以精彩的筆觸講述五種紡織原料——亞麻、棉花、絲綢、合成纖維和羊毛——的故事，闡述人類服裝的發展及起源，以意想不到的方式，啟發了我們對世界的認知。本書不僅揭開時尚產業的黑幕，更加入氣候議題、深入探討近代歷史，並帶領讀者快速認識紡織業的勞權課題，集所有熱門議題於一身。她帶領讀者穿古跨今，從法王路易十四的華麗宮廷一路來到當代中國強佔下的新疆勞改營
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Worn

A People's History of Clothing

par Sofi Thanhauser ...

Lu par Rebecca Lowman ...

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13 heure 13 min

**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet.“We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they would offer us rich, interesting and often surprising insights into human history...a deep and ... En savoir plus

$29.50 CAD

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**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of—an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet.“We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they would offer us rich, interesting and often surprising insights into human history...a deep and
... En savoir plus

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Rust

The Longest War

par Jonathan Waldman ...

Lu par Christopher Lane ...

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13 heure 31 min

A thrilling drama of man versus nature—detailing the fierce, ongoing fight against the mightiest and unlikeliest enemy: rust.It has been called “the great destroyer” and “the evil.” The Pentagon refers to it as “the pervasive menace.” It destroys cars, fells bridges, sinks ships, sparks house fires, and nearly brought down the Statue of Liberty. Rust costs America more than $400 billion per year ... En savoir plus

$59.08 CAD

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A thrilling drama of man versus nature—detailing the fierce, ongoing fight against the mightiest and unlikeliest enemy: rust.It has been called “the great destroyer” and “the evil.” The Pentagon refers to it as “the pervasive menace.” It destroys cars, fells bridges, sinks ships, sparks house fires, and nearly brought down the Statue of Liberty. Rust costs America more than $400 billion per year
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Eating to Extinction

The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

par Dan Saladino ...

Lu par Dan Saladino ...

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16 heure 14 min

**This audiobook is read by the author.Dan Saladino's Eating to Extinction is the prominent broadcaster’s pathbreaking tour of the world’s vanishing foods and his argument for why they matter now more than ever**Over the past several decades, globalization has homogenized what we eat, and done so ruthlessly. The numbers are stark: Of the roughly six thousand different plants once consumed by human ... En savoir plus

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**This audiobook is read by the author.Dan Saladino's Eating to Extinction is the prominent broadcaster’s pathbreaking tour of the world’s vanishing foods and his argument for why they matter now more than ever**Over the past several decades, globalization has homogenized what we eat, and done so ruthlessly. The numbers are stark: Of the roughly six thousand different plants once consumed by human
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石頭記：一位人類學家關於沉積、斷裂和失落的遐想

The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost TimeThe Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time

par 修‧萊佛士 ...

Traduit par 伍啟鴻 ...

Collections series 左岸科學人文
**石頭沒有生命，但會生長，他們說了什麼？包容悲傷和形成岩石都需要時間，記憶和地層都是層層堆疊，間或被不連續面中斷。結合個人記憶、地質學、人類學、歷史學、遊記、親身訪談，這是一本既私人又公眾的悼亡書。－－榮獲J.I. Staley 人類學著作獎－－**　　作者的親密家人接續過世，令他直撞生命的斷裂，這種戛然而止的不連續，呼應著地質學裡的不整合斷面。愛石成癡的作者，展開如同朝聖般的生命遐想之旅，他行過北極圈現地考察，在「無言」的岩石世界，讀出被歷史遺忘的人群和生物，也在個人生命經驗裡提煉令人玩味的哲思。　　走過格陵蘭、冰島、蘇格蘭諸離島等地，作者透過六種岩礦（大理石、砂岩、片麻岩、磁鐵礦、鯨脂石、鐵），呈現人類與周遭環境互動的歷史，提出具批判性的自然史。大理石與城市紋理，砂岩和巨石陣，片麻岩和神聖崇拜，磁鐵礦和火山災難，鯨脂石和捕鯨業，鐵和伊努特人，岩層與故事會隱沒，但「岩脈的露頭 ... En savoir plus

$16.99 CAD

**石頭沒有生命，但會生長，他們說了什麼？包容悲傷和形成岩石都需要時間，記憶和地層都是層層堆疊，間或被不連續面中斷。結合個人記憶、地質學、人類學、歷史學、遊記、親身訪談，這是一本既私人又公眾的悼亡書。－－榮獲J.I. Staley 人類學著作獎－－**　　作者的親密家人接續過世，令他直撞生命的斷裂，這種戛然而止的不連續，呼應著地質學裡的不整合斷面。愛石成癡的作者，展開如同朝聖般的生命遐想之旅，他行過北極圈現地考察，在「無言」的岩石世界，讀出被歷史遺忘的人群和生物，也在個人生命經驗裡提煉令人玩味的哲思。　　走過格陵蘭、冰島、蘇格蘭諸離島等地，作者透過六種岩礦（大理石、砂岩、片麻岩、磁鐵礦、鯨脂石、鐵），呈現人類與周遭環境互動的歷史，提出具批判性的自然史。大理石與城市紋理，砂岩和巨石陣，片麻岩和神聖崇拜，磁鐵礦和火山災難，鯨脂石和捕鯨業，鐵和伊努特人，岩層與故事會隱沒，但「岩脈的露頭
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Permanent Distortion

How the Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever

par Nomi Prins ...

Lu par Ellen Archer ...

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10 heure 3 min

A riveting exposé of a permanent financial dystopia, its causes, and real-world consequencesIt is abundantly clear that our world is divided into two very different economies. The real one, for the average worker, is based on productivity and results. It behaves according to traditional rules of money and economics. The other doesn’t. It is the product of years of loose money, poured by central ... En savoir plus

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A riveting exposé of a permanent financial dystopia, its causes, and real-world consequencesIt is abundantly clear that our world is divided into two very different economies. The real one, for the average worker, is based on productivity and results. It behaves according to traditional rules of money and economics. The other doesn’t. It is the product of years of loose money, poured by central
... En savoir plus

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The Mad Emperor

Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome

par Harry Sidebottom ...

Lu par Saul Reichlin ...

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12 heure 18 min

A Financial Times, BBC History, and Spectator Book of the YearOn 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious.Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to the modern world as Heliogabalus, was proclaimed emperor. The next four years were to be the strangest in the history of the empire ... En savoir plus

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A Financial Times, BBC History, and Spectator Book of the YearOn 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious.Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to the modern world as Heliogabalus, was proclaimed emperor. The next four years were to be the strangest in the history of the empire
... En savoir plus

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Antigone Rising

The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths

par Helen Morales ...

Lu par Gabra Zackman ...

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4 heure 7 min

A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyoncé**.**The picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school is framed in certain ways -- glossing over misogyny while omitting the seeds of feminist resistance. Many of today's harmful practices, like school dress codes, ... En savoir plus

$24.99 CAD

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A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyoncé**.**The picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school is framed in certain ways -- glossing over misogyny while omitting the seeds of feminist resistance. Many of today's harmful practices, like school dress codes,
... En savoir plus

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Cleopatra

The Queen who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity

par Alberto Angela ...

Lu par Derek Perkins ...

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14 heure 32 min

One of Italy’s most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war.Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous figures in history, the legendary Egyptian queen remains, in many ways, an enigma. In this mesmerizing history, ... En savoir plus

$41.99 CAD

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One of Italy’s most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war.Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous figures in history, the legendary Egyptian queen remains, in many ways, an enigma. In this mesmerizing history,
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Follow the Flock

How Sheep Shaped Human Civilization

par Sally Coulthard ...

Lu par Karen Cass ...

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6 heure 14 min

An addictively free-ranging survey of the massive impact that the humble and loveable sheep have had on human history.From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the rolling hills of medieval England to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, the domesticated ungulates of the genus Ovis—sheep—have been central to the human story.Starting with our Neolithic ancestors' first forays into sheep ... En savoir plus

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An addictively free-ranging survey of the massive impact that the humble and loveable sheep have had on human history.From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the rolling hills of medieval England to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, the domesticated ungulates of the genus Ovis—sheep—have been central to the human story.Starting with our Neolithic ancestors' first forays into sheep
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How Do We Know Ourselves?

Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind

par David G. Myers ...

Lu par Adam Barr ...

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5 heure 12 min

“Each chapter is a gem of insight into the human experience, cut and polished to perfection by the renowned psychologist David Myers. Better than any book I can recall, this book answers questions about why we think, feel, and act as we do—but also makes us curious to learn more.” —Angela DuckworthA delightful tour of the wonders of our humanity from David G. Myers, the award-winning professor and ... En savoir plus

$26.99 CAD

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“Each chapter is a gem of insight into the human experience, cut and polished to perfection by the renowned psychologist David Myers. Better than any book I can recall, this book answers questions about why we think, feel, and act as we do—but also makes us curious to learn more.” —Angela DuckworthA delightful tour of the wonders of our humanity from David G. Myers, the award-winning professor and
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